Hi:
It belongs to a peculiar group of bulbs from Chile (some species from
Argentina and Peru) that has been classified as members of the Alliaceae but
now regarded as in its own family, Gilliesiaceae.
Gethyum is an autumn/winter/spring growing bulb with a summer dry dormancy.
It can be grown well as you grow your Cape bulbs in a well drained soil. It
is hardier than them but it does very well within the temperature range
given to Cape species. Their flowers look very much like those of certain
terrestrial orchids and not like Alliums or kin at all.
Best
Alberto
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